Quoting "Aaron J. Grier" <agrier@poofygoof.com>:

> On Sun, May 21, 2000 at 07:55:50AM -0500, Josh Davidson wrote:
> > ok, i've made the cable, but i can't get it to work.  I have made a
> > mouse terminator and removed the huge frame buffer SIMM, but no luck.
> 
> how do you have it wired?  Do you have pins 3&4 on the MMJ connected
> together?  Have you inadvertently flipped the TX and RX lines?

I have pins 3&4 wired to DB-25 pin 7, pin 2(TX) wired to DB-25 pin 3 (the RX on 
the tty, because it needs to be cross-over right?), and pin 5(RX) wired to DB-25 
pin 2 (TX on tty, crossover, same as before).  Is this right??

> 
> and the simplest: are you waiting long enough for the 3100 to come up?
> My 2100s take almost a minute before they print anything to the serial
> console...

Maybe i'm not waiting long enough...

> 
> > What would I need to do to connect with a tty emulator like Minicom?
> 
> 9600-N81.

Ater I set it to 9600-N81, will it just appear on the screen without me typing 
anything?

> 
> -- 
>   Aaron J. Grier | "Not your ordinary poofy goof." | agrier@poofygoof.com
> 



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